AG’s Office Settles With Former NARAL President

State of Politics


A suit first filed in June 2012 by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office that alleged former NARAL Pro-Choice New York President Kelli Conlin siphoned $250,000 in charitable donations has been settled, his office on Friday announced.

Capital Tonight first reported in 2011 that an internal audit by the NARAL affiliated charity, the National Institute for Reproductive Health, found Conlin had made multiple charges on her NARAL-issued credit card between 2008 and 2010, which included $5,709 worth of clothing from Giorgio Armani and Barney’s as well as a reimbursement for a Hamptons summer rental in 2009 totaling $17,000.

The agreement requires that Conlin will be permanently barred from serving as a financial officer for any non-profit organization registered in New York. At the same time, she has agreed to dismiss claims against NARAL she asserted in court and will pay $20,000 in restitution to the organization.

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